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cash ratio

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noun

  1. Also called: liquidity ratio.  the ratio of cash on hand to total deposits that by law or custom commercial banks must maintain

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Cash-flow has been strong enough to keep the per-share dividend/cash ratio right around 70%.

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Already the cash ratio�money available compared with debt�of U.S. corporations is down to its lowest level since World War II at least.

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